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tcomarchetti

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Registered: 2021-04-21

Posts: 36

Touchpad not working at login screen

Hello,
sometimes I have this issue with the touchpad at the login screen, I can't use it and the only way I have to move the cursor is using the mouse.
If i reboot the system, the issue disappear and then the touchpad works fine.
I tried to re-install libinput but the problem still exist.
It's very frustrating because it happens randomly.
I will appreciate if someone will help me.

Pietro

Last edited by tcomarchetti (2021-06-09 13:06:19)

icar

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From: Catalunya

Registered: 2020-07-31

Posts: 449

Re: Touchpad not working at login screen

I had the same issue, which went away after following the Wiki's article about laptops, this section: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Laptop#Elantech

tcomarchetti

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Registered: 2021-04-21

Posts: 36

Re: Touchpad not working at login screen

I had the same issue, which went away after following the Wiki's article about laptops, this section: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Laptop#Elantech

Thanks a lot, I just follow your suggestion and after 10 login it seems to be working..... I will update you and confirm everything is ok in the next days

tcomarchetti

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Registered: 2021-04-21

Posts: 36

Re: Touchpad not working at login screen

I had the same issue, which went away after following the Wiki's article about laptops, this section: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Laptop#Elantech

Unfortunately, I did not resolve my problem........ after one day, the issue came again..........

Khere

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From: Italy

Registered: 2020-03-04

Posts: 169

Re: Touchpad not working at login screen

What DE are you using ?
When the problem arises post the output of :
If you are using gnome 

 sudo journalctl -u gdm -b

If you are using kde plasma

sudo journalctl -u  sddm -b 

Last edited by Khere (2021-06-11 11:29:48)

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tcomarchetti

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Registered: 2021-04-21

Posts: 36

Re: Touchpad not working at login screen

What DE are you using ?
When the problem arises post the output of :
If you are using gnome 

 sudo journalctl -u gdm -b

If you are using kde plasma

sudo journalctl -u  sddm -b 

I'm using XFCE with gdm instead of lightdm

[pietro@ArchLinux ~]$ sudo journalctl -u gdm -b --no-pager
-- Journal begins at Thu 2021-06-10 16:10:44 CEST, ends at Fri 2021-06-11 19:29:44 CEST. --
giu 11 19:22:17 ArchLinux systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager...
giu 11 19:22:17 ArchLinux systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
giu 11 19:22:50 ArchLinux gdm-password][819]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
giu 11 19:22:50 ArchLinux gdm-password][819]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session
giu 11 19:22:50 ArchLinux gdm-password][819]: pam_systemd_home(gdm-password:account): systemd-homed is not available: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service not found.
giu 11 19:22:50 ArchLinux gdm-password][819]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user pietro(uid=1000) by (uid=0)
giu 11 19:22:50 ArchLinux gdm-password][819]: pam_env(gdm-password:session): deprecated reading of user environment enabled
giu 11 19:22:50 ArchLinux gdm-password][819]: gkr-pam: gnome-keyring-daemon started properly and unlocked keyring
giu 11 19:23:02 ArchLinux gdm[349]: Gdm: Child process -494 was already dead.
[pietro@ArchLinux ~]$